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English[edit | edit source]
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Etymology 1[edit | edit source]
From Middle English animal from Old French animal from Latin animal, a nominal use of an adjective from animale, neuter of animalis adj, from anima ‘breath, spirit’. Displaced native Middle English deor, der "animal" (from Old English dēor "animal"), Middle English reother "animal, neat" (from Old English hrīþer, hrȳþer "neat, ox").
Noun[edit | edit source]
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Animal ({{{1}}})
- In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
- A cat is an animal, not a plant.
- Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants.
- In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human being.
- In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not birds, fishes, insects etc)
- (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly.
- My students are animals.
- (informal) A person of a particular type.
- a political animal
Synonyms[edit | edit source]
- (organism): beast, creature
- (non-human organism): beast
- (person who behaves wildly): brute, monster, savage
Related terms[edit | edit source]
Translations[edit | edit source]
organism
organism other than man
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person who behaves wildly
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Etymology 2[edit | edit source]
From Latin animalis, from either anima ‘breath, spirit’ or animus. Originally distinct from the noun, it became associated with attributive use of the noun and is now indistinguishable from it.
Adjective[edit | edit source]
Animal (not comparable)
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- Of or relating to animals.
- animal instincts
- Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
- animal passions
- Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
- 2003: To explain what activated the flesh, ‘animal spirits’ were posited, superfine fluids which shuttled between the mind and the vitals, conveying messages and motion. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 47)
- (slang, Irish) Excellent.
Synonyms[edit | edit source]
- (of animals): beastly, bestial
- (unhindered by social codes): animalistic, beastly, bestial, untamed, wild
Translations[edit | edit source]
of animals
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unhindered by social codes
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of soul
Derived terms[edit | edit source]
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Anagrams[edit | edit source]
Asturian[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Animal m. (plural animales)
Catalan[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Animal m. (plural Animals)
Adjective[edit | edit source]
Animal (epicene, plural Animals)
French[edit | edit source]
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Animal m. (plural animaux)
Synonyms[edit | edit source]
Adjective[edit | edit source]
Animal m. (f. Animale, m. plural animaux, f. plural Animales)
- animal
Synonyms[edit | edit source]
Antonyms[edit | edit source]
Anagrams[edit | edit source]
- aailmn,
- lamina
Galician[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Animal m. (plural animais)
Interlingua[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
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Animal (es)
Latin[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From anima (“‘breath, life’”)
Noun[edit | edit source]
animal (genitive animālis); n, third declension
Inflection[edit | edit source]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | animal | animālia |
| genitive | animālis | animālium |
| dative | animālī | animālibus |
| accusative | animal | animālia |
| ablative | animālī | animālibus |
| vocative | animal | animālia |
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Portuguese[edit | edit source]
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
- IPA: /ɐ.ni.ˈmaʊ/
Noun[edit | edit source]
Animal m. (plural animais)
- animal
Adjective[edit | edit source]
animal m. and f. (plural animais; comparable)
Inflection[edit | edit source]
Inflection of the Portuguese adjective animal
| Singular | Plural | |||
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| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |
| Positive | animal | animais | ||
| Comparative | mais animal | mais animais | ||
| Superlative | o mais animal animalíssimo |
a mais animal animalíssima |
os mais animais animalíssimos |
as mais animais animalíssimas |
Romanian[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From Latin animalis through French animal.
Adjective[edit | edit source]
Animal 4 nom/acc forms
- animal, animalistic
- brutal
Declension[edit | edit source]
declension of Animal
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
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indefinite | Animal | Animal | Animală | Animali | Animale | Animale |
| definite | Animalul | Animalul | Animala | Animalii | Animalele | Animalele | |
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | Animal | Animal | Animale | Animali | Animale | Animale |
| definite | Animalului | Animalului | Animalei | Animalilor | Animalelor | Animalelor | |
Adverb[edit | edit source]
Animal
Noun[edit | edit source]
- animal
Declension[edit | edit source]
declension of Animal
| singular | plural | |||
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| gender m. | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| Nominative/Accusative | un Animal | Animalul | nişte Animali | Animalii |
| Genitive/Dative | unui Animal | Animalului | unor Animali | Animalilor |
| Vocative | — | — | — | — |
Spanish[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Animal m. (plural animales)
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- animal
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